Josef quittner and leopold quittner



(No Model.)

J.& L. QUITTNER. AUTOMATIC G01N FREED SEAT.

NQ. 473,264. PatentedApr. 19, 1892.

ijNrTnn STATES ATEN T i Trice@ -nl JTowiA-rlc COIN-FREEDSEAT. l

Ysynoiirc:'.nrronr'refiningpart'of Letters Patent No. 473,264, daten Aprilia-1892i. I Application nea February 1,1, 1s92,f sein No. 421.179.- or maan.) Patented in Germany August l2s, 1890,-110. 57,498, am in Austria-Hungary JenuaryfZ, 1891, No. 371,403 and No. 67,6305'` To @ZZ whom, tml/ny concerlvfv Be it known that we, J osEF QUITTNER and LEOPOLD QUITTNER, man ufact-urers, subjects of the Emperor of AustriafHungary, residing 5 atVienna,in the Province of Lower Austria,

in theiEinpire of Austria-Hungary, have i-nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Coin-Freed Seats, (for which Letters Patent have been obtained/in Austria 1o Hungary, No. 37,403 and No. 67,630, dated Jannary 2,1891, and in German'yyNo. 57,498, dated- August 23, 1890;) and 'We do hereby declare the following to bea-fou, clear, andzexaot d e-' soription of the invention, such as will enable 15 others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettesof reference marked thereon, which forni` apart of this specification. i 2oz The invention relates Vto"coin-,operateddevices,and more especially to coin-controlled seats-such as chair or Water-closet`seats and the like-in which the seat is locked-'against use and freed byiafcoin or coins. V' The invention-consists inf structural tures and inlcornbintions of tio-operative clef men-ts, as-iit'ill now be fully'- described, reference being had 'to the accompanyingdrawings, in which;` -V 3o l 4ldfigure l is a sectional elevation tfthe'coincontrolled vmechanism andl the connections thereof Withtheseat o achair or Watercloset, show-ing the partsrin their norinal positions; and Fig. 2 is a,sixnilarviewshowing the'said parts in thepositio'n -theyassuine )when the seat has been lowered; v

AThe seat c is jpivotedat a stand- .v

ard onstandards c, '1o whichis also' secured Y the'box creasing grthanoontainsthe coin- 4c.controlled!mechanism.l Tov the .seat cis pivoted one end. of aslided, that extends throughv a. slot g into casing'g, the 4lovverendof said" slide being pivotally connectedwith .a'fg-uide, bar -J-thfat is provided with an 'ane'fnlarunotch,

Y h, adapted to be engaged bythe hook end i; of an arm lo, of a three-armed lever K, the arm k2 of which is Weighted, While the Aarm lo' of said lever is provided at its upper end with a'noin-receiver m, the receiving end of which liesin proximity to the delivery end of a Y chute inthe receiving end of the latter coin-Y municatingwith the coin-'slots inthe topof basing g`. Thel delivery end oliIthe.ooii'r-reiY ceiver m, when the parts are in their normal position, asshown in Fig. l, is closed bythe lower end or foot df of theV slide which end is provided with a projection. p, 'that'extends voverthe open coin-receiverm. The slidedA has av second projection q, that closes the slot gvincasing g when the coin-controlled elej-g also'senves to prevent the lever-arm lc froinpa-gain' engaging the *notch* h in [the guide-barf afterl said arm' has been :disengagedtherefrom; V:The Jnothlhinv bar fandmthe 'projec- A tion pon link d are so arrangedrelatively to the coin-receiver on `arm k' and thenose z onarm la of the three-armed lever K that when ments are in their-said normal position, and

said nose is in vengagement.Witlrthe notch.l

h the under face of the projection 29 will lie above the face of the .coin-receiver `m-a'distance equal -to the thicknessofithe'foo-n l.or coins intended tofbein'trodneed into the slot .s and adapted to control,theoperatingv de,

vices, films, for instance, if the chargeinade :"r'orjth'euse of the seat is to beone ortwo cents,

the'distance between-the .under face oifpr jectiori p and the' faceloriioorofV lthe-coin-re'-` stood that any attempt to lower the seatfvvould 1 prove affailnre since- 'it isflockedlagainst downward motion bythe lever `K, andnbalf, and in order' that said seatl may be lovre'redit. is'necessary that the projection-pipi: slided'. should have bearing on; theooin-receiver m, i which will be the case 'svsoo'n/ as a. coin or coins of the reqniredthickn'ssare introduced intothe coin-receiver. If'. the seat is thenl lowered, theV annale of lever Kpvill be deceiver mshouldlbeequal to the thicknessoff said coin or coins, so asto'ill said spgce and" pressed against the 'stress of the weight Z by the action of the projection p on the coin in receiver m, whereby the arm 7.; ot'. said lever vwill be disengaged from the notch hin bai-f, thus allowing the seat a to be turned down. As the lever-arm 1 swings down, the delivery end of the coin-receiver m moves away from the projection p and foot d' of slide (Lilie coin being'discharged into the box or casing g, and said lever is prevented from returning into its normal position by the projection q on said slide, engaging the arm la of the lever when the slide (l and har j' have been moved down suiiciently, as shown in Fig. 2. The seat a, after the occupant leaves the same, is Vautomatically returned into its normal elevated position by any usual and Well-'known Imeans-as, for instance, a spring or springs or a counter-weight or by means of Weighted levers or the like.

Having now described our invention, what we claim asnew therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A coin -1 controlled mechanism comprising a slide provided lWith a project-ionand a guide-bar connected with the slide and provided with a locking-notch, in combination with a Weighted lever K, one ot` the arms of which is adapted to engage the notch in thc lguide-har, the other arm of said lever carrying a coin-receiver arranged relatively to thc lguide-bar, substantially as and for the projection on Vthe slide, so that when a coin or coins of proper thickness are placed 1n the receiver said projection will have bearing thereon and through the same on the recei ver,

-for the purpose set forth.

2. A coin-controlled mechamsm comprisin: a slide provided with two projections p Abar and link, as described, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combinatiomwith a, seatc, pivot- 4ally connected with a fixed support,`the slide d, havingf projections p and q, and the barf,

lhaving locking-notch 7L, said bar andlslidc being pivotally connected together and to the seat, of a suitable casing provided with guides for the bar f, a coin-slot and `a coin-chute, as n, and the three-armed lcvenK, constructed and arranged to cooperate with the link and purpose set forth. y 'i 4 In testimony whereof we aix ou r signatures in' presence of two witnesses. i 1 JOSEF QUITTNER.

LEOP.f QUITTNER. Witnesses: I

W. MURPHv, PAUL BERGER. t 

